Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?
Charlotte Wilner
September 13, 2013
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Hi, my name is Wishes. I was created by Charlotte Andrews. Someday, I would love to create an awesome boat. It would have an awesome mustache on it, and it would be purple, blue, and green. You will know it was mine. I hope it will float. I love to create things. Discovery is AWESOME!!!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Maze Run
Creativity through Our Collaboration
The PigsBanner
The Pigs Movie
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a weapon used in war. The soldiers would tighten the rope by winding the winch. They load it with a projectile and then they release the rope. When I make my catapult, I want to use a spoon, cardboard, tape, glue, buttons, and rubber bands. I think my catapult will look amazing!
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our catapult was based on the Mangonel, and these are my improvements and what I imagined. The solution was to rebuild our first design which was based on a design that Baylor did. Another solution was to use our tape more wisely so we could make changes. Our team chose these solutions because are other catapult barely shot 5 inches, and it had bad accuracy.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our newer catapult shot really far, but accuracy was a problem. We could have had better aim, too, but it worked well otherwise. To prepare for the competition we will work on our accuracy. This was our solution and our improvements.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
Charlotte Wilner
September 13, 2013
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Hi, my name is Wishes. I was created by Charlotte Andrews. Someday, I would love to create an awesome boat. It would have an awesome mustache on it, and it would be purple, blue, and green. You will know it was mine. I hope it will float. I love to create things. Discovery is AWESOME!!!
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 2014
A catapult is a weapon used in war. The soldiers would tighten the rope by winding the winch. They load it with a projectile and then they release the rope. When I make my catapult, I want to use a spoon, cardboard, tape, glue, buttons, and rubber bands. I think my catapult will look amazing!
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our catapult was based on the Mangonel, and these are my improvements and what I imagined. The solution was to rebuild our first design which was based on a design that Baylor did. Another solution was to use our tape more wisely so we could make changes. Our team chose these solutions because are other catapult barely shot 5 inches, and it had bad accuracy.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Charlotte Andrews 4Bc
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our newer catapult shot really far, but accuracy was a problem. We could have had better aim, too, but it worked well otherwise. To prepare for the competition we will work on our accuracy. This was our solution and our improvements.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Competition Day